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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Aims: Inflammation is an important factor in renal injury. Ferritin, an inflammatory marker, is considered an independent predictor of rapid renal progression in patients with chronic kidney disease. However,...
OBJECTIVES: Even though experimental studies have suggested that iron can be involved in generating oxidative stress, epidemiologic studies on the association of markers of body iron stores with cardiovascular disease...
Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, also known as Rosai-Dorfman disease is a rare disorder characterized by proliferation of distinctive histiocytes within lymph node sinuses and lymphatics, sometimes involving extranodal sites....
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Serum ferritin is a marker of acute phase reactions and iron storage. In addition, hematologic malignancies are associated with elevated serum ferritin levels. Other studies have suggested that ferritin...
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between serum ferritin and the metabolic syndrome (MS).
METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1,444 adults over...